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Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up
Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Tears are the silent language of grief
Tears are the silent language of grief
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]
A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]
No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
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No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,
Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows
Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
